page_title: McGill family (Monrovia)
section_title: Emigration to Liberia
hierarchical_section_title: McGill family (Monrovia) / Emigration to Liberia
caption_attribution_description: Urias A. McGill, half-length portrait, facing front Digital ID: cph 3d01948
context_page_description: The McGill family of Monrovia, Liberia, was a free African-American mulatto family from Baltimore, Maryland, who emigrated to Monrovia in the 19th century. Among the early American settlers of Liberia, the McGills became established as one of the most prominent early Americo-Liberian families. Daguerreotypes of the McGill family can be found in the Library of Congress. Members occupied colonial offices, and they are mentioned in the African Repository magazine published by the American Colonization Society.
context_section_description: George R. and Angelina McGill emigrated to Liberia aboard the Reaper with several members of their family and arrived in Monrovia in February 1831. Shortly after, Angelina died. Some of the McGill family settled at Cape Palmas. George McGill remained in Monrovia, where he became a wealthy merchant and Methodist preacher; two of his four sons followed suit. 
  George McGill also served as the acting colonial agent of the American Colonization Society from September 24, 1833, to January 1, 1834. Brothers Urias and James McGill partnered in 1854 to establish the Urias A. McGill & Brother trading company. Later on the name was changed to McGill Brothers when their two other brothers, Samuel and R. S. McGill, joined them in the trading business. The McGill Brothers company established many warehouses and numerous stores. They were among the first successful Americo-Liberian trading families.
caption: Portrait of Urias McGill
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